The project is led by the Mouvement du Nid association in Franche-Comté with a photo therapist from Besançon (Doubs) to help photograph people who have experienced sexual exploitation. The goal: to support these young women in finding more freedom.
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This is an approach launched by the Mouvement du Nid du Doubs association, located in Besançon, an organization “which aims to act on the causes and consequences of prostitution with a view to its disappearance”. Phototherapy sessions were offered by Céline Garnier and her company Révelissime, with the aim of getting these women out of complicated situations.
Following regular activities for seven months, the photography professional produced a series of photos, which will be exhibited for the first time during an opening at 2, rue de la Bibliothèque in Besançon.
Céline Garnier lived for hours alongside these women who experienced sexual exploitation. A work of listening and sharing that drives the photographer, “at the beginning, we had to give them confidence. What strikes me the most? These are people who have difficulty making their own choices, they were not used to it. We also see that they are people who have difficulty giving their confidence”.
The main thing is that they let go
Photo therapist and workshop facilitator
Difficulties that did not scare the photo therapist: “It's my job in everyday life. I'm an employee in the social field, so supporting these women to be able to bring them with me is normal. The main thing is that they let go”.
The Mouvement du Nid association and Céline Garnier had the mission through this workshop to give more freedom to five women who had experienced various problems. All spent at a time in the world of sexual exploitation, “They played the game to the fullest”.
As the months passed, three women stopped the project, but two of them stayed to continue with Céline Garnier. After teaching them to use a camera, to take a photo according to their space and to express themselves, an exhibition of their work but also a series of portraits of the photographer are planned in the association's premises. the Nest Movement.
The opening is planned Wednesday, November 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.the exhibition will also be open on Saturday, November 30 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, December 4 at the same times.
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